21 MICROENCAPSULATED PESTICIDE ABSTRACT A MICROCAPSULE CAN BE PRODUCED EASILY BY (A) PULVERIZING A SOLID PESTICIDAL COMPOUND IN A FATTY ACID ESTER REPRESENTED BY FORMULA (1) TO FORM A SUSPENSION 0 CH,3(CH-.)5 0 1-11 I 11 - 2 5 R C-0-CH-CH2-X-(OH2)-C O-R WHEREIN X DENOTES EITHER -CH,-CH-,- OR -CH=CH- AND R AND R2 EACH DENOTE A C I -C4 ALKYL GROUP, (B) MIXING THE RESULTING SUSPENSION AND WATER TO PREPARE A LIQUID DROPLET, AND (C) FORMING A COATING FILM AROUND THE LIQUID DROPLET. A MICROCAPSULE OBTAINED IN SUCH A WAY CONTAINS MOST OF THE SOLID PESTICIDAL COMPOUND WITHIN THE RNICROCAPSULE.